The US embassy in Moscow has expressed concern over the detention of a Russian opposition activist in Kiev and his transfer to Moscow.
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Leonid Razvozzhayev was apparently snatched off the street on Friday in the Ukrainian capital as he sought UN advice about political asylum.

He is accused by Russian investigators of plotting mass disorder in Russia.

Mr Razvozzhayev insists he was kidnapped and tortured but Russian officials say he handed himself in.
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The activist is being held at Moscow's Lefortovo prison where he was visited by human rights activists on Tuesday evening.
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He reportedly told them he had been bundled into a van by masked men in Kiev, driven across the border into Russia and tortured in a cellar.

By his own account, he signed a confession while in handcuffs before being driven on to Moscow.

A Russian TV crew also managed to film Mr Razvozzhayev outside a Moscow court, when he could be heard shouting that he had been kidnapped in Ukraine and tortured for two days.

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Just wait and something similar will happen in London. As for so called Russian Law Enforcement structures then they should be called Law Violating ones.

I would say that Russias status as a police state is fairly obvious and has been for a considerable time. As for Europe the various Govts' ever increasing desire for more information on their subjects could almost warrant our status as a collective police state. With some member countries a bit more inclined to spying on/controlling the people and others a bit less inclined.

and just what is the UK and USA doing with Julian Assange? - He is being forcefully detained with the risk of being extradited to the USA without charge, Lawyers or any other form of legal representation on a very flimsy accusation that would otherwise be thrown out of court.!

The UK is becoming a Police state - Blind Pensioners are Tasered in broad daylight, people are shot in the head and killed for running away from undercover policemen who fail to identify themselves as such, Video cameras watch your every move, your calls and emails are monitored and the rights of the common people are being eroded bit by bit under the pretence of the war on terror!- The Armed forces are also being reduced and made more innefective......no chance of a Military coup then.....

So as far as the brains trust on this thread is concerned when it comes to civil rights, freedom of expression, the accountability of the State and it's agencies there is precious little difference between Cameron's Britain and Putin's Russia?